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 Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 11:39 am
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:07 pm
The wind was warm and blew steadily in one direction. It was perfect weather for flying and yet for some reason the two charcoal winged horses stayed with their feet planted on the ground. They were not still, either. No, they were simply walking on such a perfect flying day.
Bright red eyes focused on the mare walking to the side of him. "Explain to me again where we're going..." He said his eyes drifting to his daughters swollen belly. He knew he should have expected this, she took so much after him it was almost unavoidable. But...he really didn't want to be a grandfather. He was still young.
Carmine noticed her father's gaze shifting and she couldn't help but laugh merrily. There were two reasons why she was happy to be pregnant. The first was that the father was one of the cutest stallions she had met to date. The second reason was that she had accomplished what had taken her father nearly a year to do in less then half the time; meaning of course she was one step closer to being better then him in every way.
"T'be honest, I dunno." She said with a shrug and a toss of her head. She was trying to find Tavarii as her father had practically demanded to meet him. Except not really it had been a simple question of who the father was and she decided to take the extra step. She had no idea how hard it would be to find him from the ground and at this point she was just hoping that Fate would play a role with them as it always had.
"You don't know?" He repeated looking around. She had told him that they were going somewhere important but she had no idea where it was. Somehow things just weren't adding up.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:59 pm
"You're having kids with a thief, Tav...? That's priceless."
Tavarii glared at his 'sister' out from underneath dark bangs. In all honesty, he and Amerlei weren't related but instead were forced together in family-hood via teepee.
Merlei, as she was known by most, was a stocky cream-pelted Wind mare: the only Wind mare that Tav wasn't attracted to in the least. Probably because they were foals together and, even though she was younger, she grew into her adult body first.
She was sassy, but talking about his girlfriend -- or mate, now, he supposed -- the way she did, was inexcusable.
"Shut it, Merl," he snorted, eyeing her own larger-than-normal belly. He wasn't the only one going to be a parent, it seemed. "She's an angel, thief or not."
At her laughter, Tavarii kicked out at her, then stormed from the teepee and headed for the forest in a brisk trot. The summer wind was warm and if the weather kept up, it would be perfect for their children.
He was still kind of in shock that time had gone by so quick. Carmine was a black-winged princess, a joker, a trickster, a thief. Everywhere she went, adventure followed. But she was happy.
Having a few baskets was definitely going to be an adventure!
Life for the purple stallion would be changing from here on out.
Now, to find his angel.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:24 pm
They were going nowhere. At least that's how it seemed to the older thief. He watched his daughter as she wove in and out of the forest checking the field then in the trees. Then in the field again and in the trees again. Just what exactly was she looking for anyway? As she started another check in the same manner he snorted and shook his head before trotting over to his daughter. "What are you doing?" He asked stepping right in front of her.
"Well...this side of the tree smells different then the other." She said just to get on her dad's nerves. She was trying to decide whether to travel in the shade as they continued their search or not. It was kind of chilly in the shade but it was a bit too hot in the sun for her liking. She paused her poking about to look at her dad and snorted in laughter on the look on his face.
"I'm just tryin t'decide where t'search first." She said with a flick of her tail before heading deeper into the woods. It was better to be a little cool then it was to be too hot. "Course...I dunno if he'll be around here...he's never been so hard t'find before." She added in a low voice that her father wouldn't pick up on.
Dark started after his daughter. He was beginning to wonder if this trip was worth his time. There were other things he was supposed to be doing today. He stopped in his tracks as she continued to speak. "How long are you planning on searching Carmine?" He asked taking a few steps closer. He liked his daughter well enough but he was not spending the entire day on a wild goose chase.
She focused her brown eyes on the sky a small smile on her face. Without answering she took off at a quick trot not really able to move much faster. Honestly she was planning on staying out until she found him, for all she knew that could take a week or more.
Red eyes narrowed as his daughter sped off. He knew what she was thinking. She was going to keep searching as long as it took to find whatever she was looking for. "Carmine! Get back here!" He called after her before following her trail. Either she was going to explain what exactly she was looking for or he was leaving.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:33 pm
Tav's head was held high as he moved, a sleek violet and black blur; it was a new look for him. He was proud to not be the naive little colt Merl always teased him for. He had been a scrawny colt with a dramatic edge. Now he was a proud stallion with a dramatic edge. No longer would he inhale bugs in an attempt to smell a flower! This he vowed.
Carmine had made him...well...a man.
His ears pricked up at the sound of voices not too far off. In actuality, it was a husky male's voice; "Carmine! Get back here!" Tav let out a snort. Was he trying to put the moves on his mate?
Carmine wouldn't be too far...and perhaps if this ruffian thought he could get away with it, Tavarii would stop him.
So, just like that day when he'd gone birdy bowling, only to find out it was badger bowling instead, he let loose a war cry and rushed forwards, skidding to a stop between his Angel and this new stallion.
He stared down the flesh-colored male, taking in ebony wings and brilliant violet hair and a not-so-pleased expression on his face. Amethyst eyes glinting into Dark's ruby ones, he stood there, nostrils flared as he tried his hardest to be heroic.
"What are you doing?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:55 pm
Both winged ones froze as something came to a stop right in the middle of them. Their reactions, however, couldn't have been more different.
Carmine's eyes lit up with recognition and she smiled at her goof.
Dark, on the other hand, unfolded his wings and straightened to stare the other stallion down. He didn't know exactly what was going on here but the way the other interrupted him reminded him very much of Krad. He did not like that one bit. He opened his mouth preparing to speak but was promptly cut off.
"Ya know...I'm startin to believe more and more in fate, goof." She said fondly nipping at one of his braids. The odds that the two would continue to run into each other like this were, well, odd. She smiled preparing to give an introduction but the two were still, simply staring at each other.
She rolled her brown eyes and marched out from behind Tavarii. "Stop. Stop. Hold it and knock it off." She said almost lazily before giving her head a shake. "Tavarii, you're lookin at my dad." She said stretching one black wing in her father's direction. "Dad, you're lookin at the reason we're out here." She said stretching the other wing the other way.
Dark gave his daughter an odd look before returning his gaze to the stallion. He was what she was looking for? He got the feeling he knew exactly what was going on and that he was looking at the cause of Carmine's belly. He rather hoped this wasn't the case so instead he simply folded his wings back into place and took on a more relaxed stance that looked almost like Carmine's. "Why were we looking for him?" He asked hoping that the answer had nothing to do with the grand children that his daughter kept talking about.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:15 pm
Nostrils flared at the glare Dark gave him. With his ears pinned back and the fiery look in his eye, Tavarii was far from the sweet colt Carmine loved. He didn't know this other stallion and he didn't quite like the way he acted.
Yet...the rings around his neck were so...familiar.
At Carmine's voice, Tav's ears pricked and he swung to look at her. A smile broke out on his face and for a moment, the tan stallion was forgotten. "Angel..."
Her command wasn't a strong one; just enough to get her point across. Tav rested a back hoof on the ground as his weight shifted to the other side, glaring at the stallion.
Wait, what? Her DAD?
"You mean...this guy's your father? The thief...?" He swung his gaze between Carmine and this new stallion. Not a suitor. Her -dad-. He could barely hold back a snort. That's where she got her looks.
With a stamp of a hoof, he stood beside Carmine and arched his neck, nibbling at her wing. Then, with a well-intended smirk to Dark, he said, "Those babies?" He nudged his mate's swollen stomach. "Are mine... Are ours."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:33 pm
Dark nearly choked hearing the nickname given to his daughter by the stallion. He thought she was an angel? Did he not know what she was like or something? He kept the thought silent for a moment while his daughter made introductions.
"Yeah, I'm her dad. What else would I be?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yep, thief. It runs in the family." She said simply before beaming as Tavarii made the announcement for her. "Yep. He's my boy." She said giving the purple stallion a proud look.
The older thief stayed silent for a moment longer thinking. So Carmine really wasn't just fat and his suspicions were correct. Knowing this as a fact he realized he had no idea how to react. His eye twitched slightly before he coughed. "Great." He said sound somewhat less then thrilled.
Carmine laughed at her dad and tossed her head. "Jealous?" She asked an almost cocky smile on her face. This was quite the moment of triumph for her. She had bested her dad already and had accomplished in a few months what had taken him years.
He shook his head with a snort of laughter. "I have nothin' to be jealous of." He said with a flick of his tail. "You're the one that's gonna have t'give birth to them. And..." He looked at Tavarii almost sympathetically. "You had to trick him into thinking you're someone you aren't." He laughed with a shake of his head. "Lemme let you in on a secret. She's not an angel by any stretch of the imagination."
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:57 pm
Brows furrowed as Tav tried to figure the other male out. Either Dark didn't like him, or Dark didn't like anyone. Or both. If he had wings, he'd flap them at the snarky stallion, but he didn't so instead he glared at him from under beaded bangs.
He wasn't sure when it'd happened, but he was possessive now. He'd never been before. Well, possessive was an overstatement. Protective, perhaps... But of her or the life stirring inside of her?
"I was under the impression that you were chasing her for...other reasons," Tav sneered. "And that I'd have to stop you."
He glanced over at Carmine, unable to stay angry. She wasn't. She was grinning like the cat that ate the canary. And Dark wasn't being a supporting father. Father and daughter looked at each other, their own little lingo traveling back and forth. Obviously, Dark had known his girl was pregnant and she'd taken him on a wild goose chase to find Tav, who by a stroke of luck and Fate, had found them first.
He watched them for a moment, curious, but the curiousity turned to fury at the older thief's words. It was almost...sympathetic!
"She didn't trick me, you b*****d," he snarled out, hoof striking the ground near Dark's legs. How could he say such things about his daughter?! "Aren't fathers supposed to be reassuring and approving of their girls? You sound more spiteful than anything; I think maybe Angel's right. You are jealous, because she's better than you. And you're worried that grandchildren will make you look old. Am I right, Grampa?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:37 pm
"What? I'm not a skin..."His voice trailed off as he realized just what the kid was implying. He found it rather amusing and couldn't help but chuckle shaking his head. The boy had a lot to learn about him though he would probably never get the chance. Just because he had slept with his daughter didn't mean he had to like him. Tavarii was still male and he didn't often get along with his own gender.
Carmine blinked looking back and forth from her father and Tavarii. Had this been a mistake? They didn't seem to be getting along with each other. As her goof began to yell at her dad she started to figure out that he didn't get anything that was going on between them.
Black wings spread wide and Dark took a step backwards not really surprised by the sudden assault. "You don't know what you're talking about." He said sounding completely serious, which he was. This was exactly why he didn't like other males. They jumped to conclusions and stepped in when they shouldn't. He was sure he was no exemption to this but that really didn't matter. "And I'm not old."
Carmine rolled her eyes. Yep. This had indeed been a bad idea but she had expected them to get a long at least a little better and while she hadn't expected her dad to be thrilled she had at least thought he would handle it bit better. At least she wasn't her brother right now, she imagined her uncle would kill them on the spot if he knew they were pregnant.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:15 pm
Tav had decided long before that he didn't like this stallion, father-in-law or not. Pinning his ears and snorting, he backed up a step at the display of wings.
"I think I have a pretty good idea of what I'm saying," he huffed, but secretly he wondered what Dark had meant by 'Lemme let you in on a secret. She's not an angel by any stretch of the imagination'...
Sure, she was a thief and a spicy little thing who wanted a harem of boys... Or at least she did at one time. And she did enough things that Lucky 13 was her bodyguard.
So sure, she wasn't an angel, but she wasn't a demon.
He sulked back behind Carmine, head resting against her jutting stomach. Calm down, Tav, he told himself. Don't let him get you riled... He breathed in the sweet scent of his mate and felt a foal kick against his face through the thickness of her skin and fur. Babies... Their babies...
He could see, now, why Carmine stole from Dark...
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:50 pm
"Sure you do...but do you know what you're sayin it too?" He asked narrowing his eyes.
"Knock it off dad." Carmine interjected getting tire of the bickering between the two. "He doesn't have t'get the joke..." She turned her attention to look down at her goof rubbing against her belly. "And ya gotta stop lettin him get t'ya." She said with a quick jerk of her head in her father's direction. She gave nudged him lightly then took a step closer to her dad.
"Let's try this again. Dad. I'm pregnant. Tavarii. Is the dad. Ya start arguin again and some one's gettin everythin they own taken from em." She gave them both surprisingly dark looks, a combination of her hormones going wild and a slight lack of sleep from the night before.
"Now that that's settled." She smiled tilting her head to the side happily. "Let's all celebrate, kay?"
Dark couldn't do anything but stare at his daughter. There was absolutely nothing he could think of to say. Two things were running through his mind at the moment. The first of those things being that he was not old and wasn't happy that he was soon to be a grandfather. The second thing being that Carmine was taking this in better stride then he or Scarlet did.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:03 pm
Dark spoke in riddles obviously too complex for Tavarii and he didn't retort with anything because honestly, he couldn't -think- of anything. He'd found what he'd come for...and obviously she'd been looking for him too.
To introduce the stallions.
"Sorry, Carmine," he mumbled, forehead pressed against her neck as he stared at her father like a pouting child.
She was right, even if she spoke it in a tone that made him snort and pull away as if he'd been stung. He knew better than to take what the mare said to heart; she wouldn't deny him the right to help raise their kids...
Would she?
No, he decided with a flick of his tail. She was moodswinging. That was obvious as she became happy once again. She wanted these babies just as much as he did; they were lucky to be having them together.
He gave a lopsided grin, tossing his head in agreement. "How shall we celebrate?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:30 pm
Just like Tavarii, Dark did not want anything taken from him. Of course he wasn't sure exactly how much else she could take from him. He had noticed his treasures were vanishing in small numbers and while he could not prove that his daughter was the culprit he knew it was her.
Realizing that he had been staring at his pink haired daughter with increasing intensity he shook his head. "Yeah, how do we celebrate Carm...?" He asked sounding mildly amused and yet some how bored with the entire situation.
She smiled at the two glad to see that they had finally settled down. It was amazing just how well threats seemed to work. She could understand more why her uncle used them so much.
"Well. I dunno." She said with a laugh giving her wings a ruffle. She would like to fly in celebration but there was no way that she could in this state and then Tavarii wouldn't be able to go with them.
Dark sighed and shook his head. She never thought things through. That's why she was taking this so well. She was living in the moment and hadn't considered what would happen in the future. It was rather frightening how much she was taking after him. "Well whenever you think of something." He muttered stretching out his wings before tucking them up to his sides. The thief didn't want to think about it anymore.
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:49 pm
Threats worked well for Tav. The idea of his angel flying off with their children in tow and never returning was nearly devastating. Merl might've called him naive, but he wanted to be a father -- and her doting mate. He was willing to spend here to eternity with her, if she wanted him.
The violet stallion had no clue how normal celebrations went. He was happy just spending time with her, even if her father was a bit of a slug. But he was trying. He would try, for Carmine's sake, to be nice.
"I'd suggest a flight but..." he nosed her stomach gently, eyes shining. He didn't seem to mind that he was wingless. Or even notice. "With the landings you do, it might not be the best thing," he teased.
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